Single:
Little Arrows entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 September 1968 and peaked at #2. It was #7 on the Top 100 of 1968. It was The Beatles’ Hey Jude that prevented Lee from leaping to the #1 spot.
Songwriters:
Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Little Arrows was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood and recorded by English singer Leapy Lee (Lee Graham). It was the first hit for songwriter Hammond. He recalled to The Independent that he “was working at the Chelsea Drug Store, just doing dishes” when he wrote this song. Hammond added: “I’d carry around a little transistor radio and play it to the other guys when the song came on but they’d never believe it was me.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/leapy-lee/little-arrows
Lyrics:
There′s a boy, a little boy
Shooting arrows in the blue
And he’s aiming them at someone
But the question is at who
Is it me, or is it you
It′s hard to tell until you’re hit
But you’ll know it when they hit you
′Cause they hurt a little bit
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